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Tapirus oliverasi

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Tapirus oliverasi
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species:
T. oliverasi
Binomial name
Tapirus oliverasi
Ubilla, 1983

Tapirus oliverasi is likely an invalid extinct species of tapir from South America.

T. oliverasi was described based on dentary remains from the Early Pleistocene deposits at the Libertad Formation in Uruguay that were of larger size than that of T. terrestris but smaller than T. rioplatensis. However, the validity of species has been questioned and it is considered dubious.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Holanda, E.C.; Ferigolo, J.; Ribeiro, A.M. (2011). "New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 92 (1): 111–120. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-144.1.
  2. ^ Holanda, E.C.; Rincón, A.D. (2012). "Tapirs from the Pleistocene of Venezuela". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 463–473. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0001.